ToxicEye is a ransomware that spreads through phishing emails. The malware encrypts system files with AES-256 and demands a ransom in Bitcoin.
rule win_toxiceye_w0 { meta: author = "albertzsigovits" sha256 = "2e53a6710f04dd84cfd3ac1874a2a61e690568405f192e7cbf8a4df12da334c4" reference = "https://github.com/albertzsigovits/malware-cfg/tree/main/ToxicEyeRAT" reference = "https://bazaar.abuse.ch/browse/signature/toxiceye/" malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.toxiceye" malpedia_rule_date = "20250225" malpedia_hash = "" malpedia_version = "20250225" malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0" malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE" strings: $str01 = "ToxicEye" wide $str02 = "Coded by LimerBoy, attationin, Apasniy Suren" wide $str03 = "Do not spread among people, this was developed against mamonts only!" wide $str04 = "Preparing blue screen of death..." wide $str05 = "Warning! System will be destroyed! Run command /OverwriteBootSector_CONFIRM to continue." wide $str06 = "Trying overwrite boot sector..." wide $str07 = "Found blocked process" wide $str08 = "This is some text in the file." wide $str09 = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System" wide $str10 = "DisableTaskMgr" wide $str11 = "\\root\\SecurityCenter2" wide $str12 = "Select * from AntivirusProduct" wide $str13 = "Starting autostealer..." wide $str14 = "Stopping autostealer..." wide $str15 = "autosteal.lock" wide $str16 = ".crypted" wide $str17 = "STEALER:" wide $status01 = "[!] Failed load libraries, not connected to internet!" wide $status02 = "[!] Stopping command listener thread" wide $status03 = "[!] Retrying connect to api.telegram.org" wide $status04 = "[!] Retrying connect to internet..." wide $status05 = "[!] Shutdown signal received.." wide $status06 = "[+] Process checker started" wide $status07 = "[+] Restarting command listener thread" wide $status08 = "[+] Set process critical" wide $status09 = "[+] Set process not critical" wide $status10 = "[+] Hiding console window" wide $status11 = "[+] Copying to system..." wide $status12 = "[+] Uninstalling from system..." wide $status13 = "[+] Installing to autorun..." wide $status14 = "[+] Uninstalling from autorun..." wide $status15 = "[+] Clipper is starting..." wide $status16 = "[?] Already running 1 copy of the program" wide $status17 = "[?] Sleeping {0}" wide $status18 = "[~] Trying elevate previleges to administrator..." wide $cnc01 = "https://api.mylnikov.org/geolocation/wifi?bssid" wide $cnc02 = "http://ip-api.com/json/" wide $cnc03 = "https://api.telegram.org/" wide $cnc04 = "https://api.telegram.org/file/" wide $txt01 = "keylogs.txt" wide $txt02 = "MyTest.txt" wide $txt03 = "bookmarks.txt" wide $txt04 = "cookies.txt" wide $txt05 = "credit_cards.txt" wide $txt06 = "filezilla.txt" wide $txt07 = "history.txt" wide $txt08 = "passwords.txt" wide $zip01 = "desktop.zip" wide $zip02 = "steam.zip" wide $zip03 = "audio.zip" wide $zip04 = "fmedia.zip" wide $debug01 = "Trying to kill Defender..." wide $debug02 = "Uninstalling malware from device..." wide $debug03 = "Preparing ForkBomb..." wide $debug04 = "Preparing blue screen of death..." wide $debug05 = "Trying overwrite boot sector..." wide $debug06 = "Starting autostealer..." wide $debug07 = "Stopping autostealer..." wide $debug08 = "Archiving desktop files..." wide $debug09 = "Telegram session found by process. Please wait..." wide $debug10 = "Telegram session found in default path. Please wait..." wide $debug11 = "Uploading file..." wide $debug12 = "Uploading directory..." wide $debug13 = "Downloading CommandCam..." wide $debug14 = "Downloading FMedia..." wide $debug15 = "Please wait..." wide $debug16 = "Target turns off the power on the device..." wide $exfil01 = "[BOOKMARKS]" wide $exfil02 = "[COOKIES]" wide $exfil03 = "[CREDIT CARDS]" wide $exfil04 = "[FILEZILLA SERVERS]" wide $exfil05 = "[HISTORY]" wide $exfil06 = "[PASSWORDS]" wide condition: 10 of ($str*) or 10 of ($status*) or all of ($cnc*) or 7 of ($txt*) or all of ($zip*) or 10 of ($debug*) or all of ($exfil*) or ( 1 of ($str*) and 1 of ($status*) and 1 of ($cnc*) and 1 of ($txt*) and 1 of ($zip*) and 1 of ($debug*) and 1 of ($exfil*) ) }
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